John Coltrane Slept Here: Preserving His Home in Philadelphia
This All About Jazz column involves the preservation of the house in which John Coltrane lived from 1952 to ’58 in Philadelphia, where he was raised. Philly is only 90 minutes from New York City, but it seems worlds away. It’s a more provincial, insular community than Manhattan, which may be why all the great jazz musicians that it generated, including Coltrane, Lee Morgan, Benny Golson, Ray Bryant, the Heath brothers and dozens more left Philly to make their mark on the world.
-Michael Cuscuna
Follow: Mosaic Records Facebook Tumblr Twitter


















